List of districts in the Electorate of Hesse (1821)

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Most of the list of districts in the Electorate of Hesse is taken from the official directory of 1821. As far as possible, the original spelling has been retained.

history

In 1821 the electorate became a unified state - it was no longer, as before, a number of rulers (e.g. Grand Duchy of Fulda or the Principality of Hanau , etc., each independent and only linked by the person of the monarch). As a result of a long development, the judiciary and administration were finally separated ( separation of judiciary and administration ; separation of powers), and for internal state administration the state territory was newly divided into provinces, counties and judicial districts (judicial offices). The Hessian districts were created after this administrative reform (functional and territorial reform) from regional courts, offices, judicial offices and courts.

After only eight years, the Salmünster district was dissolved in 1829 . In 1848 the district division was abolished and the state was divided into districts . As early as 1851, the district division was canceled and the district division restored.

The districts then experienced minor territorial changes after the Prussian annexation in 1866. The Electorate of Hesse (and the Duchy of Nassau) were "forever" united with the Prussian monarchy and the Prussian constitution came into effect on October 1, 1867 in the annexed areas. From other states (Kingdom of Bavaria and Grand Duchy of Hesse) only areas and districts were annexed. Although these were also forever united with the Prussian monarchy , they were usually only assigned to a district later. It was not until the Prussian district order , introduced for Hessen-Nassau in 1885, that the former districts of the Electorate of Hesse were newly tailored with minor changes.

Since the districts were not self-governing bodies until April 1, 1886 , the annexation did not initially affect the municipal constitution . In the former Electorate of Hesse (municipal code of 1834) and in the Duchy of Nassau (municipal law of 1854), the previous municipal codes continued to apply. Also in the acquired territories from other states (Kingdom of Bavaria and Grand Duchy of Hesse), the municipal ordinances valid at the time of ownership (incorporation) (e.g. the Bavarian municipal constitution for the municipalities in the Gersfeld district and the Orb district or the Hesse-Darmstadt district) applied for the communities in the Vöhl district ). A self-administration of the districts (in addition to the function as a district of the internal administration) was only introduced by § 2 of the district regulations for the province of Hessen-Nassau from June 7, 1885.

A. Province of Lower Hesse with Schaumburg

Consecutive
number 		Name of the circle Designation of the individual components Population
(1821)
I. Cassel district a) the royal seat of Cassel,
in addition to the Wilhelmshöher and Leipziger suburbs , the Siechenhof, the Philippinenhof colony, etc.,

b) District Court of Cassel :

  1. previous office of Ahna ,
  2. previous office Waldau ,
  3. previous office Wilhelmshöhe (without the Vogtei Hasungen),
  4. from the Grebenstein office : Knickhagen , next to the Spiegelmühle, Rothwesten , next to the manorial estate, Hof Eichenberg and Hof Winterbühren,
  5. from the office of Grosalmerode : Eschenstruth, Helsa, Oberkaufungen, together with the Freudenthal alum mine
 48.233
II. Hofgeismar district a) Hofgeismar Office :
  1. previous office of Hofgeismar.
  2. from the Sababurg office : Hombressen
  3. from the Trendelburg office : Eberschütz , Hümme , Lamerden , Ostheim , Sielen .
  4. from the Zierenberg office : Ehrsen, Grimelsheim , Haueda , Zwergen .

b) Grebenstein Office:

  1. previous office Grebenstein (excluding Holzhausen , Knickhagen , Rothwesten and Wilhelmshausen ).
  2. from the Zierenberg office: Ehrsten , Fürstenwald, Meimbressen, Niedermeiser, Obermeiser, Westuffeln .

c) Sababurg Office:

  1. previous office of Sababurg (without conscience rest , Hombressen and Lippoldsberg ).
  2. from the Grebenstein office: Holzhausen, Wilhelmshausen with the Wildhaus near Münden and the Altmündener Glashütte.

d) Carlshafen office with Trendelburg office:

  1. Carlshafen Office.
  2. from the Sababurg office: Gewissenruh , Lippoldsberg .
  3. Trendelburg Office (excluding Eberschütz, Hümme , Lamerden , Ostheim and Sielen )
 30.727
III. Wolfhagen district a) Wolfhagen office with the Zierenberg office:
  1. previous office Wolfhagen (without Ehringen),
  2. from the Zierenberg office: Zierenberg (seat of an official assistant *), together with the colonies of Friderichsau and Friedrichstein, Dörnberg , Ödinghausen together with
  3. the bailiwick of Hasungen (from the Wilhelmshöhe office),

b) Office Volkmarsen :

  1. previous office Volkmarsen,
  2. from the Wolfhagen office: Ehringen,
  3. from the Zierenberg office: Escheberg, Hohenborn, Laar, Malsburg, Niederelsungen, Niederlistingen, Oberelsungen, Oberlistingen, Rangen, Sieberhausen.

c) Office Naumburg : as before.

  • ) The judicial office assistants are at the same time actuaries for the part of the office who will be them.
 21,039
IV. Fritzlar district a) Fritzlar Office :
  1. previous office Fritzlar,
  2. from the Borken office : Gombet, along with the Gombeter and Neuen-Mühle, Grosenenglis, along with the Kalbsburg farm, Kerstenhausen, along with the Unter- and Ober-Schwalm-Mühle, Kleinenglis, along with the Stockelacher Mühle, Udenborn,
  3. from the Homberg office : Uttershausen

b) Gudensberg Office , as before,

c) Office Jesberg:

  1. previous office Jesberg ,
  2. From the Borken office: Betzigerode, Gilsa, Niedernurf, with the Unter- and Wag-Mühle, Obernurf, together with the Wiesenmühle, Reptich, together with the Wickershof farm, Römersberg, Schiffelborn, with Löwenstein Castle, Wenzigerode, Zimmerrode, together with the Otto, Leo - and wedge mill .
 24.194
V. District and Regional Court of Homberg
  1. previous office Homberg (without Uttershausen).
  2. from the office of Borken: Borken, along with the farms Marienrode and Gilserhof, Arnsbach, Dillich, along with the Dillicher mill, Haarhausen, Nassenerfurth, Neuenhain, Pfaffenhausen, Singlis, along with the Schwalm mill, Stolzenbach, Trockenerfurth.
  3. from the Neuenstein office : Niederappenfeld, Niederhülsa, Wallenstein, with the associated Vorwerk.
 16.736
VI. Melsungen district a) Melsungen Office :
  1. previous office Melsungen.
  2. from the Spangenberg office : Beisförth, along with the paper mill, the rye mill and the Grüneis farm, Binsförth.

b) Felsberg office , as before,

c) Spangenberg Office (excluding Beisförth and Binsföhrt, Schemmern court with Diemerode, Eltmannsee and Friemen).

24.782
VII. Witzenhausen district a) Witzenhausen office with Grosalmerode
  1. Witzenhausen Office .
  2. Amte Grosalmerode (excluding Eschenstruth, Helsa and Oberkaufungen)

b) City of Witzenhausen and Ludwigstein Office , as before

c) Office Lichtenau , as before

d) Allendorf Office (excluding Berg Freiheit Abterode).

25.057
VIII. Eschwege district a) Elector Office Eschwege :
  1. from the Allendorf office : Berg Freiheit, Abterode, in addition to the melting hats,
  2. from the court Bilstein : Albungen, with the castle and Vorwerk Fürstenstein, Frankershausen, with the desert Wölfterode, Niddawitzhausen, together with manorial. Good Wipperode, with the brewing mill,
  3. from the office of Bischhausen : Langenhain, together with the manorial. Vorwerk Niederdünzebach, Oberdünzebach, Reichensachsen, in addition to the manorial. Vorwerke and the Vogelsburg court,
  4. from the Eschwege office: Aue, Hittelrode, Jestädt, Motzenrode, Neuerode, Schwebda, Völkershausen, with Hof Teufelsthal, Lehnhaus and Obermühle,
  5. from the Germerode office : Schwalbenthal,

b) Princely Rotenburgisches Amt Eschwege , as before,

c) Office Bischhausen:

  1. Office Bischhausen (without Langenhain, Nieder- and Ober-Dünzebach and Reichensachsen), with the city of Waldkappel ,
  2. from the Spangenberg office: the court of Schemmern (namely: Burghofen, Gehau, Heirode, Hetzerode, Mäckelsdorf and Schemmern) along with Dimerode, Eltmannsee, Friemen,

d) Bilstein Office (excluding Albungen, Frankershausen, Niddawitzhausen and Wipperode),

e) Office Germerode (without Schwalbenthal),

f) Wanfried Office , as before,

g) Netra Office , as before.

34,551
IX. Rotenburg district a) Elector Rotenburg office with Nentershausen and Neuenstein :
  1. previous reservations office Rotenburg,
  2. Amt Nentershausen (Nentershausen seat of an official assistant),
  3. Amt Neuenstein (without Hauptschwend, Niederappenfeld , Niederhülsa , Schwarzenborn and Wallenstein ), (Radoldshausen seat of an official assistant.)

b) u. c) Princely-Rotenburg Upper and Lower Office, as before,

d) Amt Sontra , as before.

29,071
X. Schaumburg district a) District Court Rinteln :
  1. City of Rinteln, with the Bünte, Krullkrug and Schaafhof farms,
  2. previous office of Schaumburg (excluding Friedrichsburg , Friedrichshagen , Fuhlen , Heßlingen , Rohden , Segelhorst and Welsede ),

b) Oldendorf Office :

  1. previous office Oldendorf,
  2. from the office of Schaumburg: Friedrichsburg, Friedrichshagen, Fühlen, Heßlingen, Rohden, Segelhorst, Welsede,

c) Office Obernkirchen (without Pohle )

d) Office Rodenberg :

  1. previous offices of Rodenberg and Sachsenhagen ,
  2. the part of Pohle that was previously part of the Obernkirchen office.
 27.202

B. Province of Upper Hesse .

Consecutive
number 		Name of the circle Designation of the individual components Population
(1821)
I. Marburg district . a) Marburg Regional Court :
  1. previous office Marburg , with court Schönstädt ,
  2. previous court Caldern and Reitzberg (without Brungershausen ),
  3. Court of Ebsdorf (from the office of Treis an der Lumde ),
  4. Wittelsberg court (from the office of Kirchain) ,
  5. from Amte Amöneburg : Bauerbach , Ginseldorf ,
  6. from the Weather Office : Sarnau

b) Official weather :

  1. previous office weather (without Sarnau),
  2. from the offices of Caldern and Reitzberg : Brungershausen,

c) Office Frohnhausen with Treis an der Lumbde :

  1. Office Frohnhausen with Sichertshausen (from the Office Treis) and
  2. Office Treis an der Lumbde : Treis ad L. (seat of an official assistant), Nordeck court .
 31,455
II. Kirchhain district . a) Office Kirchhain with the Office Amöneburg ,
  1. Kirchhain office (excluding Burgholz and Wittelsberg court ),
  2. Amöneburg office (excluding Bauerbach, Ginseldorf, Himmelsberg and Sindersfeld ), (Amöneburg seat of an official assistant),

b) Office Rauschenberg :

  1. previous office Rauschenberg (excluding Erxdorf and Speckswinkel ),
  2. from the Amte Amöneburg: Himmelsberg, Sindersfeld,
  3. from the Amte Kirchhain : Burgholz,

c) Neustadt Office :

  1. previous office Neustadt,
  2. from the Rauschenberg office: Erxdorf, Speckswinkel, with the Etzgerode farm.
 22.094
III. Frankenberg district . a) Office Frankenberg :
  1. previous office of Frankenberg (excluding Roda and Willershausen ),
  2. from the office of Rosenthal , Römershausen ,

b) Office Rosenthal with Haina :

  1. Office Rosenthal (without Herbelhausen and Römershausen),
  2. from the Office of Frankenberg: Roda, Willershausen,
  3. Office Haina (with Herbelhausen) (Haina seat of an office assistant).
 17.385
IV. Ziegenhain district . a) Office Ziegenhain :
  1. previous office of Ziegenhain (excluding Dittershausen , Florshain , Mengsberg , Wasenberg and Wiera ),

b) Treysa Office :

  1. previous office Treysa,
  2. from the Ziegenhain office: Dittershausen, Florshain, Mengsberg, along with the Schlag, Hain, Sommer and Eisermühle, Rommershausen, Wasenberg, Wiera,

c) Neukirchen Office :

  1. previous office Neukirchen (without Berffa and Görzhain ),
  2. from the Neuenstein office: Hauptschwend , Schwarzenborn , together with the Kämmershagen and Richberg farms,
  3. from the office upper auditorium : Christerode ,
  4. from the Ziegenhain office: Seigertshausen , along with the Hergets and Happersmühle,

d) Office upper auditorium :

  1. previous office Oberaula (without Christerode),
  2. from the Neukirchen office: Berffa, next to the Biegmühle, Görzhain, next to the Kleinmühle.
 29.234

C. Province of Fulda .

Consecutive
number 		Name of the circle Designation of the individual components Population
(1821)
I. District of Fulda . a) District Court Fulda :
  1. City of Fulda , in addition to the suburbs, the Frauenberg monastery , the surrounding mills and the Tränkhof, Ober- and Unterziehers farms,
  2. previous Landamt Fulda ,
  3. previous office of Bieberstein
  4. from the Hünfeld office : Marbach ,
  5. from the Neuhof office : Kerzell , Lösrod , Ziegel , with Sulzhof,

b) Office Grossenlüder , as before,

c) Amt Neuhof (without Kerzell, fire rod and brick).

28,884
II. District of Hünfeld . a) Office Hünfeld:
  1. previous office of Hünfeld (excluding Marbach),
  2. from the office Eiterfeld : Rasdorf ,

b) Amt Burghaun , as before,

c) Office Eiterfeld (without Rasdorf).

24,545
III. District of Hersfeld . a) District Court Hersfeld :
  1. City of Hersfeld , along with the Wehneberg court,
  2. previous office of Hersfeld,
  3. previous office Hauneck , with Johannesberg and Schildschlag ,
  4. previous office Niederaula ,

b) Friedewald Office :

  1. previous office Friedewald,
  2. previous office Landeck .
 27.002
IV. Schmalkalden district . a) Regional Court of Schmalkalden :
  1. City of Schmalkalden , in addition to the drilling mill, the Röthhof, the saltworks, the Stillerthormeierei and the Weidebrunner smelter,
  2. previous office of Schmalkalden (without Auwallenburg ),
  3. from the office of Herrenbreitungen : Barchfeld , Fambach , together with the courtyards Kirrhof and Todenwarth, and the paper, Trusen and Oel mill, Herrenbreitungen , with the courtyards Beserode, Winne and Wolfsberg, Hesles , as well as the court Nüssels, Trusen , Wahles ,

b) Amt Brotterode :

  1. previous office of Brotterode,
  2. from the office of Herrenbreitungen : Elmenthal , Herges , Laudenbach ,
  3. from the office of Schmalkalden: Auwallenburg,

c) Steinbach Office , as before.

22.317

D. Province of Hanau .

Consecutive
number 		Name of the circle Designation of the individual components Population
(1821)
I. Hanau district . a) District Court Hanau:
  1. City of Hanau , in addition to the Neuhof and Lehrhof dairies, the large Kinzigmühle etc.,
  2. previous office Bücherthal ,
  3. previous office Windecken ,

b) Bergen office , as before

c) Dorheim Office , as before.

After the Salmünster district was dissolved , the Langenselbold district (from the Gelnhausen district) was incorporated into the Hanau district from 1830.

Source: Announcement from the State Ministry from November 23rd, 1829, due to the change in a district division in the province of Hanau , collection of laws etc. for Kurhessen. Year 1829 - No. X. - November., ( Kurhess GS 1829) p. 80

31.651
II. Gelnhausen district . a) Gelnhausen Office (previously Altenhaßlau ),

b) Amt Bieber , as before,

c) Sea wood dish , as before,

d) Langenselbold court , as before.

After the Salmünster district was dissolved in 1830, the Wächtersbach and Birstein departments were incorporated into the Gelnhausen district and the Langenselbold district (from the Gelnhausen district) was spun off into the Hanau district.

Source: Announcement from the State Ministry from November 23rd, 1829, due to the change in a district division in the province of Hanau , collection of laws etc. for Kurhessen. Year 1829 - No. X. - November., ( Kurhess GS 1829) p. 80

18,168
III. Salmünster district . a) Salmünster office (excluding Herolz , Sannerz and Weiperts ),

b) Wächtersbach court , as before,

c) Birstein court , as before.

Since 1830, which is circular Salmuenster resolved:

a) the Salmünster office together with the Romsthal court is combined with the Schlüchtern district,

b) the offices of Wächtersbach and Birstein (from the Salmünster district) become part of the Gelnhausen district,

c) the office of Langenselbold (from the Gelnhausen district) is merged with the Hanau district
.

Source: Announcement from the State Ministry from November 23rd, 1829, due to the change in a district division in the province of Hanau , collection of laws etc. for Kurhessen. Year 1829 - No. X. - November., ( Kurhess GS 1829) p. 80

15,522
IV. Schluechtern district . a) Steinau Office:
  1. previous office Steinau and Schlüchtern (Schlüchtern seat of an official assistant),
  2. Court of Brandenstein and Ramholz (from the Altengronau office )
  3. from the Salmünster office: Herolz, Sannerz, with the manorial. Good weiperts

b) Schwarzenfels Office:

  1. previous office of Schwarzenfels ,
  2. like the old Altengronau office (excluding the Brandenstein and Ramholz courts ).

After the Salmünster district was dissolved in 1830, the Salmünster district and the Romsthal court were merged with the Schlüchtern district.

Source: Announcement from the State Ministry from November 23rd, 1829, due to the change in a district division in the province of Hanau , collection of laws etc. for Kurhessen. Year 1829 - No. X. - November., ( Kurhess GS 1829) p. 80

18,647

Note: Those places, apart from the seat of the regional court, judicial office or official assistant, at which a court day is to be held periodically, will be determined by special orders.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance of August 30th, 1821, concerning the new division of the area , Annex: Overview of the new division of the Electorate of Hesse according to provinces, districts and judicial districts. Collection of laws etc. for the Electoral Hesse states. Year 1821 - No. XV. - August., ( Kurhess GS 1821) pp. 70–77
  2. ↑ § 1 Law on the Unification of the Kingdom of Hanover, the Electorate of Hesse, the Duchy of Nassau and the Free City of Frankfurt with the Prussian Monarchy of September 20, 1866, Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States ( Prussia GS 1866) p. 555
  3. ↑ § 2 Law, concerning the union of the Kingdom of Hanover, the Electorate of Hesse, the Duchy of Nassau and the Free City of Frankfurt with the Prussian Monarchy of September 20, 1866, Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States ( Prussia GS 1866) p. 555
  4. ↑ Law on the unification of the previously Bavarian and Grand Ducal Hessian territories with the Prussian monarchy of December 24, 1866, Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States, ( Prussia GS 1866) p. 876 : § 1 No. 4 (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg ), § 1 No. 5 (Biedenkopf district), § 1 No. 6 ( Vöhl district , including the enclaves Eimelrod and Höringhausen), § 1 No. 7 (communities in the northwestern part of the Gießen district: Frankenbach, Krumbach, Königsberg, Fellingshausen , Bieber, Haina, Rodheim, Waldgirmes, Naunheim and Hermannstein with their districts), § 1 No. 8 (the district of Rödelheim) and § 1 No. 9 (the part of the district of Nieder-Ursel that was previously under grand ducal Hessian sovereignty)
  5. ↑ District regulations for the province of Hessen-Nassau of June 7, 1885 , § 1 Paragraph 1: The administrative districts listed in Appendix A, list of the districts , replace the previous districts . P. 175
  6. ↑ Collection of laws, ordinances, notices and other general orders for Kurhessen, Volume 7 in the Google book search
  7. ^ Ordinance sheet of the Duchy of Nassau, Volume 46 in the Google book search
  8. ^ Ordinance: Concerning the future constitution and administration of the communities in the kingdom. 17 May 1818, Law Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria. V. piece. Munich, Wednesday, May 20, 1818, ( bay GBl. 1818) pp. 49–96
  9. ↑ Law of July 1, 1834, the revision of the ordinance of May 17, 1818, concerning the constitution and administration of the municipalities , Law Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria, No. 15, Munich, July 11, 1834, ( bay GBl. 1834) pp. 109-130
  10. ↑ § 1 No. 1 Act, regarding the unification of previously Bavarian and Grand Ducal Hessian territories with the Prussian monarchy of December 24, 1866, Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States ( Prussia GS 1866) p. 876
  11. ↑ § 1 No. 2 Act, regarding the unification of the previously Bavarian and Grand Ducal Hessian territories with the Prussian monarchy of December 24, 1866, Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States ( Prussia GS 1866) p. 876
  12. ↑ Law relating to the municipal regulations of June 30, 1821, Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt (No. 29), (RegBl. 1821) pp. 355–376
  13. ↑ District order for the province of Hessen-Nassau of June 7, 1885 , § 2: Each district forms a local association for the self-administration of its affairs with the rights of a corporation according to more detailed provisions of this law. SS 175; The law came into force on April 1, 1886 (Section 118, Paragraph 1 of the District Code), s. P. 173
  14. ↑ Alexander Köbrich History of Steinbach - and Amt Hallenberg (self-published by the author) Steinbach-Hallenberg 1894 pp. 44–62